Scofield - First time this year

[gofish435]

A buddy and I fished Scofield today in our kick boats.  We launched over on the west side walk-in-access area at about 9:15 and fished until 3:15.
We used both medium and fast sinking lines and size 8 bead head buggers in brown/orange, black/orange, tan/green, and plain old black.  We had the best luck fishing in 6' - 18' FOW with most of the fish taking the fly while stripping the line in.  We picked up a mix of tiger trout, rainbows, cutthroats, and the lowly chubs.  The majority of the fish were cutthroats in the 13" - 15" range.  We did not catch any fish over 16" today.

The water temperature was 49-53 degrees and the visibility in the water of about 2'-3'.  The reservoir is 88% full and rising.  The reservoir is 11' higher this year compared to last year at this time.
There were a half dozen boats and several shore fishermen on the reservoir.

It should be a good year for the fish and the fishing at Scofield.

   
   
   
   
     

[Riffle]

Great report! The fish look healthy. Did you target the tigers any differently than the cutts? Any bows?

[gofish435]

Great report! The fish look healthy. Did you target the tigers any differently than the cutts? Any bows?

Thanks. Most of the fish are in good shape but there were a few on the skinny side too.

I used the same method for the tigers as the cutts.  They both like to chase things and that was why we were able to do well with the cast, sink, & strip method.  The water was somewhat cloudy so stripping was able to get their attention.

We only caught three tigers and three rainbows, the rest were cuttroats and chubs.  I only caught four tiger trout all of last year at Scofield so I'm encouraged about their future.

[_6x_]

Great report and pictures!  Thanks for the update

[Joe_Dizzy]

Looks like fun!

Thanks for the report and pics.

[JArner]

Thanks for the great report.

[Joe_Dizzy]

Alright! Lots of action and a nice mixed bag.

Thanks for the report and pics.